tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6359933243913271980..comments2017-09-17T06:09:50.230+01:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Sound is god - but only in the concert hallPliablenoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-72223081412429899952017-04-20T19:59:51.013+01:002017-04-20T19:59:51.013+01:00That&#39;s a great read - thanks.That&#39;s a great read - thanks.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52184498118782095332017-04-20T15:26:12.435+01:002017-04-20T15:26:12.435+01:00Lyle, others much better qualified than me have wr...Lyle, others much better qualified than me have written some excellent guides to good recorded sound. For starters here is an excellent piece by Mike Gray - who I worked with at EMI - on what made the legendary Decca sound - http://www.polymathperspective.com/?p=2484 Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-73163188358148501922017-04-20T15:20:16.405+01:002017-04-20T15:20:16.405+01:00It is also worth commenting on the mediocre sound ...It is also worth commenting on the mediocre sound of so many new recordings. After auditioning a batch of new releases I bought recently I was actually moved to give my main listening system a health check to find out whether it was the discs or the equipment that were the problem - it was the discs. Congested choral sound and lack of body of solo instruments are among the common faults. It is unfair to single out one example, particularly when it is from an independent label. But I would have liked to recommend the new release of works for piano and cello by Poulenc, Fauré and Komitas, particularly because of the rare Komitas pieces. But I cannot, because of the undernourished sound of Astrig Siranossian&#39;s cello as captured by the recording.<br /><br />https://www.claves.ch/blogs/news/austa-stringendo-poulenc-faure-komitas-astrig-siranossian Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-88362504163625709352017-04-20T15:19:02.627+01:002017-04-20T15:19:02.627+01:00Have you ever thought of putting in one place all ...Have you ever thought of putting in one place all your ideas on how to capture good sound? And what &quot;good sound&quot; means to you. Sure would be a handy resource.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-55026340073143144132017-04-20T14:39:04.560+01:002017-04-20T14:39:04.560+01:00Lyle, you are absolutely correct. The arrival of t...Lyle, you are absolutely correct. The arrival of the MQA - Master Quality Authenticated - file format which combines high resolution sound with a low bandwidth requirement has not received a single mention among classical music&#39;s self-appointed experts. In fact I would not mind betting that they have never heard of it. Read more via this link - https://www.whathifi.com/advice/mqa-audio-what-it-how-can-you-get-itPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-71449423392598059842017-04-20T13:14:47.285+01:002017-04-20T13:14:47.285+01:00It amazes me you seem to be the only one to talk a...It amazes me you seem to be the only one to talk about this, and that it&#39;s been that way for years. For me music has always been a tactile/sensory experience first, with the analytics coming after. Apparently music is just a &quot;head trip&quot; for lots of people, especially those paid to write about it. Maybe the pendulum has swung so far in that direction it&#39;ll have to be heading back to the center soon.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-9195866186012903812017-04-20T09:18:59.366+01:002017-04-20T09:18:59.366+01:00It should be mentioned that BBC radio 3 is now ava...It should be mentioned that BBC radio 3 is now available streamed in high-resolution FLAC sound - http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2017-04-radio-3-high-quality-flac-dash<br /><br />But I am afraid that the opportunity to listen to Petroc Trelawny and Clemency Burton-Hill in high-resolution sound doesn&#39;t press any of my hot buttons.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com